Extraordinary words by Sir John Major on #Brexit at LSE last night: 🧵 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
1. “In an act of collective folly, the United Kingdom voted to lead to European Union across the world, our enemies celebrated and our friends despair.”
“We left Europe on a minority vote of 37% of the election after a referendum campaign that was packed with misinformation and misjudgment, it left our country poorer, weaker and divorced from the richest free trade market that history has ever seen. National interest was brushed aside by false hopes and promises”.
“False hopes and promises that even a cabinet dominated by front line Brexit enthusiasts was unable to deliver the promises they made, […] while the forecast damage of leaving the European Union has become only too apparent. The nation saw Project Fear become Project Reality very easily. It's no consolation that the majority of the public now overwhelmingly recognizes that it was mislead in their moments of triumph.”
“Brexiteers predicted other countries would follow their lead and leave the European Union. None have. All saw only too clearly that Brexit was packed with disadvantages, as we meet far from others leaving the European Union, as we meet nine further nations now wish to join the European Union, which is an apt comment on how the world saw Britain's decision.”
“United Kingdom once reveled, not long ago, within the memory of everyone present in this room, once reveled in being a leading member of the European Union with half a billion citizens and the undoubted first ally of the United States, the world's most eminent superpower. Today, we know we are neither, and so does the world”.
Right wing media has had it in for @AngelaRayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake & has paid heavily for it. Hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics needs more voices like hers
Hunt avoids £100k of Stamp Duty
Sunak wife 'non dom' status
Zahawi underpays millions in tax and pays a fine
Mone PPE - no resolution over millions
Rayner - given wrong advice over £40k of Stamp Duty - loses everything
Ant Middleton goes bust owing £1 million in tax & vat.
Instead of paying his tax bill Mr & Mrs Middleton issued themselves £3 million directors loans which they 'settled' by paying the administrator £300k.
Angela Rayner paid £40k less stamp duty than she was meant to, she's now paid in full, and provided documents showing how it happened.
An accidental underpayment versus almost £4 million of self enrichment.
The hypocritical right in all their wonderful glory.
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Winner! A prolific winner in Britain, the 2025 RTTC 25 mile champion Emily Martin was 21 seconds faster than her teammate Alex Clay and has plenty more goals this season. #star#versatile _ thanks Emily for the chat and good luck in your next events ….
Could I ask a huge favour, please? Could I get some RTs on this?
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British people living in other countries should be referred to as 'migrants', not 'ex-pats'. Let's see how you like the smell of that, Brenda in Marbella who voted for Brexit.